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The Invention of the Secondary Curriculum

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  • © 2011

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  1. John White
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Part of the book series: Secondary Education in a Changing World (SECW)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • John White
    Pages 1-20

  3. 1550–1630

    • John White
    Pages 21-34

  4. 1630–1700

    • John White
    Pages 35-50

  5. The Eighteenth Century

    • John White
    Pages 51-63

  6. The Nineteenth Century

    • John White
    Pages 65-96

  7. 1900–1988

    • John White
    Pages 97-122

  8. Into the Twenty-First Century

    • John White
    Pages 123-139

  9. Beyond the Traditional Curriculum

    • John White
    Pages 141-160

  10. Conclusion

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    Pages 161-162

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 163-196
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Across much of the world there is now a standard secondary school curriculum based on a traditional array of subjects. This is the first work to tell the story of its invention, from the sixteenth century until the present day. The book concludes with a sketch of an alternative: a curriculum based on a well-argued set of fundamental aims.

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Society for Educational Studies Book Prize 2012 Winner - 2nd Prize

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JOHN WHITE Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, UK.

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